Firewire card advice

skankyfish · May 10, 2014

Hello! Have lurked a while, now looking for advice - please move this post if I'm in the wrong place.

My partner and I are looking to build a new PC this week. We're happy with the build we want (current part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/skankyfish/saved/3eKL) but we do need to add a firewire card. My other half's a music producer, and he uses a FocusRite Pro DSP 24 audio interface. We're currently using this via firewire to our 2010 iMac, and we'll need a firewire card in the new PC to accomodate it.The soundcard is Firewire 400, but the specs say it'll connect to Firewire 800 (which TBH I think the iMac is using right now).

Can anyone recommend a card for us? There are loads available, and the prices seem really variable. None of them are particularly expensive, we just want to make sure that the first one we go for is reasonably reliable, and works without too much arsing about.

Thanks!

LogicalDrm · May 11, 2014

You are good situation since you've got both free PCI and PCIe slots. PCI cards are easier to find. I've used generic card based on VIA chip, so I can say they have good compatibility.